You may say that education should be geared to the world and China should be in line with international standards. I want to say that this explanation is pale and powerless. Is national college English in line with international standards? When western children spend more than 90% of their study time on scientific and cultural knowledge that really contributes to innovation, and our next generation only spends 50% or 60% of their time on this, and the rest of their time is learning English that may never be used, then our children will lose at the starting line. Do you agree? Therefore, to be in line with international standards, first of all, to be in line with international standards at the starting line; It is to be in line with international standards in the distribution of super intellectual resources such as "social study time". You won't object, will you? If we don't reform the morbid English education, the innovation ability of the Chinese nation will be seriously hurt!
I remembered a humor I heard: China only needs to do one thing to gain a strategic advantage over the United States, and that is to persuade Americans to attach importance to China education from kindergarten to graduate school, just as China attaches importance to English. I believe that within a generation, the innovation ability of Americans will be reduced by at least half, so that China will win! I wonder what experts from the Ministry of Education think of this joke.
When I was studying, I advocated "learning mathematics and physics well, and I am not afraid to travel all over the world". Now it's "I can speak American, and I'm not afraid to travel around the world." Is this the progress of the times or the retrogression and alienation of the times? Which educational elite in the world has the heart to allocate more than half of the country's learning resources to a foreign language that is useless to most people?
I hope that English classes will not be offered in primary schools, so that our children can study China's mother tongue (including ancient Chinese) and mathematics, the basis of science, and carry out the necessary humanistic quality education in childhood; The junior middle school elects basic English education from scratch, which runs through the senior middle school, so that most citizens can reach the English literacy level in the compulsory education stage (basic conversation and listening, reading literature with reference books); Universities cancel compulsory English courses (except foreign trade and other foreign-related majors), so that young students can concentrate on professional courses (professional knowledge is the knowledge that can really produce productivity). Cancel the CET-4 and CET-6, and replace them with the English proficiency test for the whole society (similar to the computer proficiency test and lawyer qualification test, etc.). ), so that people who are interested in going abroad, working in foreign companies or interested in English have a goal to pursue and a tool to measure their level, but this kind of examination should definitely be voluntary rather than compulsory, just like all professional examinations. In this way, the national intellectual resources have been greatly liberated, and its effect will be no less than another "ideological liberation"!
I hope that the Ministry of Education of the people's government will be run not only by traitors and lackeys who worship foreign things but also by educators who plead for the people. From Cai Yuanpei in modern China, there were many educators with ideals and responsibilities who led the national education to develop under the banner of science and democracy. It is hoped that more educators with confidence and wisdom in China culture will emerge from our Ministry of Education and education system.
There is an urgent need to fundamentally reform English education! The Chinese nation can't stand tossing any more! (Note: It is rare in the world to make a foreign language compulsory and its status is higher than that of the mother tongue, which is a disgrace to the Chinese nation. The first Chinese business conference held in Nanjing, the main language was English, which made private entrepreneurs in Zhejiang and other places simply give up asking questions and speaking. what do you think? )